LOT of 4 supernatural Books:
WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT
Danbury Press
The Supernatural series
by Jeremy Kingston
The Enchanted World
WIZARDS AND WITCHES
by Brendan Lehane
and the Editors of Time-Life Books
STRANGE CULTS
Danbury Press
The Supernatural series
by Angus Hall
Witchcraft
MAGIC AND THE SUPERNATURAL
The Weird World of the Unknown
Contributors:
Douglas Hill, Pat Williams, Frank Smyth, & Tessa Clarke
From the dust jackets:
WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: B000H7N8CI
Release Date: January 1976
Publisher: The Danbury Press
Length: 144 Pages
Weight: 1.35 lbs.
Witches and Witchcraft
Witchcraft is making a comeback. What exactly is its appeal today? To find out, this book examines its early origins; traces the distinctions between black and white magic; suggests reasons for the great persecutions; describes the Black Mass - and finally comes up with some intriguing answers.
Contents
1 The Way of the Witch
The general nature of witchcraft, its origins, and how interest in it has been revived in this century.
2 Servants of Satan
A detailed history of witchcraft that sets out to define the often misunderstood terminology.
3 The Great Witch Panic
The unbelievably cruel witch hunts in Europe in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and their causes.
4 Accusations and Confessions
The Loudun witches and other great scandals and trials, and what they tell us about witchcraft.
5 The Witches of Salem
Persecution in a small Massachusetts settlement shows in horrifying detail how witch hunts happened.
6 The Black Mass
The Satanic ceremony that became a travesty of the most sacred ritual of Christianity.
7 White Witches
A study in depth of white witchcraft, the pagan tradition of worship that predates almost any known religion.
8 The Need for Witchcraft
Witchcraft has worldwide origins, and today is again in vogue. What precisely is its appeal?
WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC AND THE SUPERNATURAL
The bizarre world of the supernatural holds as much fascination for modern man as it did for his ancestors. Witchcraft, magic, occultism. fortune telling and superstition play a greater part in our lives than is often imagined.
This book gives an insight into the dazzling variety of supernatural phenomena around the world today. describes the colorful personalities behind the modern revival of interest and shows how much modern magic is directed to good instead of evil ends.
Stunning photographs in color and black and white from all over the world attest to the continuing survival of many strange beliefs and practices.
Strange Cults
Man has always tended to join together with others, whether for worship, for philanthropy, or for the gratification of his desires. Whatever the ostensible motive, such groupings satisfy a basic need. By examining cults of many persuasions through the ages, this book helps to show the reasons for their lasting appeal.
Contents
1 The Lure of Cults
What is a cult? And what is its attraction? How have cults changed to satisfy man's changing needs?
2 Cults of Violence
24
Cults that have based their credos on murder — the Family, the Assassins, and the Thugs.
3 Cults and Politics
42
The influential cults that have affected politics and government - and those that have tried but failed.
4 Love Sacred and Profane Love and sex as cult objects; how men have ritualized their deepest desires.
62
5 The Messiahs
Religious and quasi-religious prophets and their disciples; the search for a new truth.
84
6 West Meets East
Western cults that have turned for inspiration to the ancient religions and philosophies of the East.
102
7 A Little Science ...
On the scientific borderline; cults of strange inventions, discoveries, and beliefs.
122
The Reason for Cults
What we can learn about ourselves as human beings from the cults to which we belong.
142